Skirt and garment marking device.



YATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

J. M. BEERE. AND GARMENT MARKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2,1905.

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SKIRT AND GARMENT MARKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed November 2,1905. $erial No. 285,512.

To (all whom it 'HI/(I/lI/ concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BEERE, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirtand Garment Marking Devices; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to means for marking upon garments, especiallyskirts, the distance from the floor at which it is desired to shortenthem when too long.

The device is designed for use by those fitting ready-made skirts ontoladies, but is also useful for dressmakers in general, and even tailorsor sellers of mens trousers may use it in marking the height from thefloor the trousers are to be fitted.

In the accompanying drawing .Figure 1 is a front elevation of my markingdevice as applied to a portion of a garment shown in dotted lines. Fig.2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1, with fingers of a human hand added.Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 2, showing the entire device made fromsheet metal, while in Figs. 1 and 2 the main parts are supposed to bemade of wood.

Referring to the drawing by letters of reference, A is a foot or baseplate upon which a broad standard B is fixed. In front of'said standardis secured to the base the lower end of a vertically disposed scaleplate C,

which in one edge is graduated with hori zontal notches D, and numbersadjacent thereto, as indicated in Fig. 1 by 1, 1;, 2, 2.}, 3, &c.,representing inches and fractions of inches, or such other measure asmay be customary to use. The scale starts from the floor line E andincreases upward.

The scale C is hinged or pivoted at F to the base and provided with astop G, which when resting on the base holds the scale in the inclinedposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the skirt II may beeasily dro ped down between the standard and the sea e. The scale isalso springy, so that it may be sprung as at I in Fig. 2 against thesurface of garments of various thicknesses at the lower edge. In Fig. 3is shown that r l l l l l l l j l l I by making the scale of thin springmetal it may be so much sprung at I that it willneed no pivot, but canbe riveted at F to the base. In Fig. is also shown that the base A,standard B, and even the linger catch J may be fin-med integral from a sngle piece of sheet metal, while .in Figs. 1 and 2 the catch J is a pegsecured into the base.

In using the device the tailor, dressmaker or litter sets the device onthe floor, puts the skirt or other garment on the person it is to befitted on, drops the lower edge of the garment down between the standardand the scale, then places one linger K back of the catch J, so as tohold the device firmly to the lloor and prevent .its moving away for thepressure of the thumb L against the scale C, by which the latter is heldagainst the gar- .ment and holds it smooth against the standard whilethe operator places his marking chalk in one of the notches D and makesa horizontal mark, about like M in Fig. l, at the desired height fromthe floor; the scale is then released and the device moved along thelloor to other points of the garment, where further marks are made,either at the same height as the [irst mark, or changing graduallyupward or dowmvard as may be desiret The garment is then removed,trimmed and sewed to the marks thus made. If the garment is too long tohang down between the standard and the scale then its lower edge issimply turned in and upward while the marking is being done. hen thescale is pivoted to the base a slight outward tilting of the device willthrow the scale away from the standard, and when the scale is notpivoted, as in Fig. 3, it will spring'away from the standard as soon asreleased from the thumb.

It will be readily understood that this device is very handy andconvenient, especially as compared to the old methods oi marking by theinsertion of a lot of pins, or by handling sinulltaneously a tape-line,the chalk and a garment hanging free to swing away in any direction fromthe slightest touch, while this device steadies and holds the garmentlirmly, provides its own measure or s :ale, furnishes guiding means forthe chalk and the standard as a table supporting the garment against thechalk.

Having thus described my invention, its use and advantages, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A garment marking device comprising a foot piece with a standardthereon and a scale secured on the base and adapted to be pressed towardthe standard, said base having a finger catch by which to hold itagainst the pressure exerted upon the scale, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. A garment marking device comprising a foot or base, a standardprojecting upwardly therefrom, and a scale secured to the base near thestandard and adapted to swing to and from the same, said base andstandard being formed integral of a single piece of sheet metal.

3. A garment marking device comprising a base or foot piece, a standardextending upward from the same, a graduated scale mounted on the baseand adapted to swing to and from the standard, and be pressed againstthe latter, and a finger catch on said base; said base, standard andcatch being made integral from a single piece of sheet metal.

4. A garment marking device comprising a base adapted to rest upon thefloor, a standard fixed thereto, a vertically disposed grad uated scalesecured to the base near the standard and adapted to be forced against agarment placed between it and the stand ard, said scale being springynear its lower end, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I afl m' my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN M. BEERE.

\Vitnesses:

A. M. OARLsEN, D. E. OARLSEN.

